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Seattle

wa · metro 4.0M

photo: Thom Milkovic / unsplash

a dispatch from

seattle

WA

47.61°N

122.33°W

Seattle is coffee snobs, ferries crossing the sound, mountains in two directions, and misty mornings that make the espresso taste better. Pike Place still throws fish, the salmon is genuinely better here, and the Cascades sit right outside your window like a movie backdrop. The hippie greenmarket soul still runs through everything the tech money has built. Bring layers.

metro4.0M

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$77

cheaper each month than Hagerstown

On paper, Seattle and Hagerstown are twins. In practice they live very differently.
landable, recorded on the seattle entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,193/mo

38% more expensive than Hagerstown(vs $1,587/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$683/mo less in state tax than Hagerstown

vs 8.2% in Hagerstown

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$77 more than Hagerstown

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$791k

146% more expensive than Hagerstown

vs $321k in Hagerstown

05metro size

4.0M

vs 305k in Hagerstown

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

Hagerstown barely cracks 160 pleasant ones.

1311% more happening than in Hagerstown.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

93/100

66% higher than Hagerstown

vs 56/100 in Hagerstown

Closest outdoor draw: Mount Rainier National Park, 59.8 mi.

·walk score®

98/100

11% higher than Hagerstown

vs 88/100 in Hagerstown

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

4400% more than Hagerstown

vs 2 nonstops in Hagerstown

04 · see also

same energy as seattle, different zip code:

see also

portland

similar overall lifestyle

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see also

trenton

more flight options

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see also

salt lake city

$198/mo cheaper

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PortlandTrentonSalt Lake City